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100	1		_aMoseley, William G., Jr.
245	1	3	_aAn Introduction to Human-Environment Geography : _bLocal Dynamics and Global Processes.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aNewark : _bJohn Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, _c2013.
264		4	_c©2014.
300			_a1 online resource (477 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aNew York Academy of Sciences Series
505	0		_aIntro -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Notes on the Authors -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Part I: Fundamentals of Human-Environment Geography -- 1 Introduction -- Icebreaker: Human-Environment Connections Across Time and Space -- Chapter Objectives -- Introduction -- Animals and Their Habitats -- What Is Geography and What Does It Have To Do with Studying the Environment? -- A Geographic Perspective on Environmental Questions1 -- Plan for the Rest of the Book -- Chapter Summary -- Critical Questions -- Key Vocabulary -- Notes -- References -- 2 The Politics of Nature -- Icebreaker: Evolving Environmentalism -- Chapter Objectives -- Introduction -- Human Conceptions of Nature -- The Contemporary Environmental Movement in Historical and Global Context -- Chapter Summary -- Critical Questions -- Key Vocabulary -- Notes -- References -- 3 The Biophysical Environment -- Icebreaker: Amazonian Black Earths (Terra Preta de Indio) -- Chapter Objectives -- Introduction -- The Science of Physical Geography -- Global to Local Patterns -- Earth-Sun Relations -- Solstice and Equinox -- Unequal Heating of Land and Water -- Pressure, Winds, and Precipitation -- Biomes and Major Climates -- The Biomes -- Disturbance, Succession, and Change -- Disturbance: Questioning the Human/Natural -- Key Ecological Concepts -- Limiting Factors and Niche -- Interactions: Competition, Predation, Mutualism -- Chapter Summary: Linking Back to Human-Environment Relations -- Critical Questions -- Key Vocabulary -- References -- Part II: Contemporary Perspectives in Human-Environment Geography -- 4 Cultural and Political Ecology -- Icebreaker: A Farmer in Her Field -- Chapter Objectives -- Introduction -- Setting the Stage for Cultural Ecology -- Cultural Ecology -- The Emergence of Political Ecology -- Linkages to Development Studies -- Political Ecology.
505	8		_aPolitical Ecology Critiques -- Chapter Summary -- Critical Questions -- Key Vocabulary -- Notes -- References -- 5 Environmental History -- Icebreaker: The Sonoran Desert Past and Present -- Chapter Objectives -- Introduction: What Is Environmental History? -- The Range of Environmental Histories -- Reconstructing Past Environments: Texts and Tools of the Trade -- Urban, Industrial, and Bodily Environmental Histories -- Power, Economics, and Environmental History -- Transnational and Global Environmental Histories -- Environmental History as Context or as a Tool? -- Chapter Summary -- Critical Questions -- Key Vocabulary -- References -- 6 Hazards Geography and Human Vulnerability -- Icebreaker: Cyclones Hitting Land in Bangladesh and Myanmar -- Chapter Objectives -- Introduction -- What Is a Hazard? -- Hazards and Society -- The Political Economy of Natural Hazards -- Chapter Summary -- Critical Questions -- Key Vocabulary -- References -- 7 Environmental Justice -- Icebreaker: Environmental Quality in Long Beach, California -- Chapter Objectives -- Introduction -- Definitions and History of Environmental Justice -- What Key Questions Does an EJ Perspective Help Us Answer? -- Research Agenda -- Activist Agenda -- Some Key Terms in Environmental Justice -- Environmental Racism or Environmental Justice? -- History of a Movement -- Towards a Global Movement -- Documenting Disparities: Cause and Effect and the Evolution of a Field -- Theoretical Explanations of Environmental Inequality -- Future Directions for Environmental Justice -- Chapter Summary -- Critical Questions -- Key Vocabulary -- References -- Part III: Thematic Issues in Human-Environment Geography -- 8 Climate, Atmosphere, and Energy -- Icebreaker: The Perils of a Micronesian Island State -- Chapter Objectives -- Introduction -- Global Atmospheric Issues -- Stratospheric Ozone Depletion.
505	8		_aClimate Change and Global Warming -- Local and Urban Air Pollution -- Energy Consumption -- Conventional and Alternative Sources of Energy -- Energy and Transport -- Chapter Summary -- Critical Questions -- Key Vocabulary -- Notes -- References -- 9 The Population-Consumption-Technology Nexus -- Icebreaker: Complicating Overpopulation -- Chapter Objectives -- Introduction -- Population Change in Time and Space -- Population, Consumption, and Technology in Relation to the Resource Base -- Major Perspectives on the Population-Resource Question -- Population Change and Development -- Factors that Influence Birth and Fertility Rates -- Population and Consumption Politics and Policies -- Chapter Summary -- Critical Questions -- Key Vocabulary -- References -- 10 Agriculture and Food Systems -- Icebreaker: The Global Food Crisis -- Chapter Objectives -- Introduction -- Systems of Agricultural Production -- The Industrialization of Agriculture -- Ecology of Agroecosystems -- Common Environmental Constraints and Remedies Associated with Traditional Agriculture -- Common Environmental Constraints and Remedies Associated with Industrial and Plantation Agriculture -- Agribusiness and Government Agricultural Policy -- Famine and Hunger -- Chapter Summary -- Critical Questions -- Key Vocabulary -- References -- 11 Biodiversity, Conservation, and Protected Areas -- Icebreaker: Jaguar Habitat -- Chapter Objectives -- Introduction -- Biodiversity and Habitat Conservation -- Nation-State Efforts at Conservation -- National Protected Areas in the Pyrenees -- Globalizing Conservation and Preservation Efforts -- Transboundary Conservation Approaches -- Cultural and Natural Biodiversity -- Chapter Summary -- Critical Questions -- Key Vocabulary -- References -- 12 Water Resources and Fishing Livelihoods -- Icebreaker: Privatized Water in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
505	8		_aChapter Objectives -- Introduction -- The Global Water (Hydrologic) Cycle -- The Geography of Water -- Human Interventions in the Hydrologic Cycle -- Contemporary Water Practices: How Do We Use (and Abuse) Water? -- The Global Water Crisis -- The Politics of Water: Governance in a Globalized World -- Ocean Resources and Fishing Livelihoods -- Management of Common Property Resources -- Chapter Summary -- Critical Questions -- Key Vocabulary -- References -- Part IV: Bridging Theory and Practice -- 13 Geographic Research -- Icebreaker: Declining Fish Catches in Trivandrum, India -- Chapter Objectives -- Introduction: What Is Geographic Research? -- How Geographers Theorize the World -- Research Paradigms in Geography -- Collection and Analysis of Geographic Data: Approaches to Field Research -- Understanding the "Big Picture" of Human-Environment Interactions -- Geographic Research, Politics, and Social Change -- Chapter Summary -- Critical Questions -- Key Vocabulary -- References -- 14 Conclusion -- Icebreaker: Three Human-Environment Geographers who Made a Difference -- Chapter Objectives -- Introduction -- A Brief Review of Major Themes from the Book -- Theory, Scholarship, and the "Real World" -- Geographic Research and Social Change -- Making a Difference -- Thoughtful Practitioners and Engaged Scholars -- Chapter Summary -- Critical Questions -- Key Vocabulary -- Notes -- References -- Index.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aHuman ecology-Textbooks.
650		0	_aHuman geography-Textbooks.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aMoseley, William G., Jr. _tAn Introduction to Human-Environment Geography _dNewark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,c2013 _z9781405189323
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
830		0	_aNew York Academy of Sciences Series
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